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Asbestos

Updated Asbestos in Building Materials [23921] ?

Guidance for maintenance personnel

Updated Asbestos Management Program [pdf] [23447] ?

Text of a program in use by a major university

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Carcinogens

Updated Carcinogens - Backgrounder [7956] ?

What they are and how regulated

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Health Hazards

Updated Chemical Poisoning [7946] ?

Health Effects from Harmful Chemicals

Updated Cryogenic Materials Safety [23922] ?

Safety fact sheet with PPE instructions

Updated Painting Health and Safety [9087] ?

Consumer safety advice from the National Paint & Coatings Association (NPCA)

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Lead

Updated Don't Spread Lead [7894] ?

How to deal with lead paint issues

Updated EPA Lead; Renovation, Repair, and Painting Program [12745] ?

Federal Register: April 22, 2008 final rule

Updated Lead Exposure from Torch Cutting [pdf] [28971] ?

A checklist to recognize and control lead hazards from torch cutting

Updated Selling and Renovating Your Home with Old, Lead-Based Paint [11837] ?

A federal law that went into effect in 1996 has put into effect the following provisions

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Lists

Updated CA-California Air Toxics [7953] ?

List of substances that pose chronic or acute threats to public health when present in the air

Updated CA-California Toxic Air Contaminants (Assembly Bill 1807) [7954] ?

Identification of toxic air contaminants not addressed by national ambient air-pollution programs

Updated CA-California: List of Hazardous Substances [7952] ?

CAL/OSHA list of hazardous substances

Updated CAA - Clean Air Act: Hazardous Air Pollutants [7948] ?

CAA's list of hazardous air pollutants with national emission standards

Updated EPA - Listed Wastes [7950] ?

These lists are organized into three categories: F-list, K-list, P-list and U-list

Updated OSHA/EPA Occupational Chemical Database - CAS Number [7947] ?

A list of toxic chemicals for the workplace sorted by CAS number - includes chemical profiles

Updated TRI - Toxic Release Inventory: Chemicals [7951] ?

TRI's list of reportable environmental releases

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Pesticides

Updated Bed Bugs - Control Strategies [pdf] [36879] ?

A technical guide for guidance regarding bed bug control

Updated Navy Pest Control [pdf] [11560] ?

US Navy's pest control program

Updated Pest Management Technical Guides [36875] ?

Pesticide fires, disposal guide, personal protective measures, bed bug control, rodent-borne diseases and more

Updated Pest Management Washdowns - Cleaning and Inspection Procedures [pdf] [36884] ?

Cleaning methods to prevent the transport of insects on equipment

Updated Pesticide Disposal Guide [pdf] [36885] ?

Minimizing pesticide disposal problems

Updated Pesticide Security Guide [pdf] [36882] ?

Security considerations when storing pesticides

Updated Pesticide Spill Management [pdf] [36880] ?

Spill contingency prevention, planning, emergency procedures

Updated PPE for Pesticide Management Personnel [pdf] [36881] ?

Technical guidance

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Reproductive

Updated List of Teratogens [7958] ?

The following chemicals are known or suspected teratogens

Updated Occupational Reproductive Chemical Stressors List [pdf] [26300] ?

A list of toxic chemicals with their reproductive effects

Updated Reproductive Toxicity [7957] ?

Identifying reproductive toxicants

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Storage

Updated Acutely Hazardous Waste Chemicals [pdf] [19280] ?

List of acutely hazardous laboratory chemical wastes

Updated Chemical Storage Segregation Scheme [pdf] [19276] ?

Outlines the type of storage cabinet needed for various laboratory chemicals

Updated Examples of Incompatible Chemicals [19278] ?

Chart of incompatible chemicals

Updated Peroxide Forming Chemicals [19279] ?

The following classes of chemicals tend to form peroxides upon aging

Updated Potentially Explosive Chemicals [pdf] [19277] ?

A list of chemical compounds and mixtures that are known to have explosive properties






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